Bertha Filson Honored for 64 Years in Education
Mrs. Bertha Filson, longtime Mason County educator, was feted by the Mason County Retired Teachers Association at a Pleasant Point Resort dinner. Highlights included plaques from the West Virginia Education Association and remarks by Milton Burdette on her 1901 start in Point Pleasant and later leadership roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County Retired Teachers Association
Bertha Filson
Mason County
Pleasant Point Resort
Clara Bell Dunn
Mason County Education Association
Filson
West Virginia Education Association
Milton Burdette
Additional Funds Sought for Three State Hospitals
Requests presented to the Board of Public Works seek 750000 more for next year for Lakin Huntington and Barboursville state hospitals. The Mental Health Department asks for 2400000 more for all institutions. Huntington Hospital budget rises to 2708000, Barboursville 614000, Lakin 1252000 with plant improvement appropriations just over 8 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Lakin, Huntington
Barboursville
Board of Public Works
Charleston
Department of Mental Health
Huntington State Hospital
Barboursville State Hospital
Lakin State Hospital
Duty In New York Assigned To Man
Cecil Higginbotham 26 of Point Pleasant Route 2 has completed pilot training with American Airlines and is assigned as a flight officer in New York. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Robert Higginbotham of Point Pleasant Route 2 and is a Point Pleasant High School and West Virginia Tech graduate. He served five years in the Naval Air Force and was released from the service last May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Cecil Higginbotham
American Airlines
New York
Higginbotham
Robert Higginbotham
Point Pleasant High School
West Virginia Tech
Naval Air Force
Hospital Names in Birth Notices and City Police Report
Holzer Hospital lists numerous birth announcements naming parents and towns from Racine to Wellston and Point Pleasant. A separate police report states Ray Sullivan, 59, was arrested in Point Pleasant for failure to control after his car hit a stopped vehicle driven by Robert Boggs, 42, Bellemeade on Jackson Ave near 22nd St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ray Sullivan
Howard Sr
Robert Boggs
Bellemeade
Jackson Ave
22Nd St
Kyger community notes feature guests and birthdays
Kyger and Hamden items list visits and gatherings. Guests include Sherman Weimann and family, William Frazier and Amanda Van Kirt, Leo Parsons shower, Angeline Durham visiting, Joe Stewart family, Cecil Lewis and Cora Ward, James and Luella Bradbury, Bobby Parsons return from Army, Wayne Sisson on vacation, and a 28th birthday party for James Wright. Hamden reports Daisy L. Mariner, 87, fractured hip after a fall and hospitalized at Holzer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KYGER
Sherman Weimann
Columbus
William Frazier
Amanda van Kirt
Carl Weimann
Leo Parsons
Judy Barnett
Lodge Hall
Kyger Mfy
Rodney
Angeline Durham
Joe Stewart
Cecil Lewis
Lewis
Cora Ward
James Bradbury
Luella Bradbury
Annabell Ball
Bobby
Okinawa
Viet Nam
Wayne Sisson
Kgger Creek
Dennis Spires
James Wright
Bob Conkle
Sheila
Walden Durst
Oliver Johnson
Lucasville
Clarence Easton
Fairborn
Tony Elkins
Christmas Workshop Brings Mason Clubs Together at Krodel Park
In Point Pleasant the Mason County Home Demonstration clubs held a Christmas workshop at Krodel Park Clubhouse. Exhibits included floral arrangements by Mrs. Nolan and Flemish pastels by Mrs. Heslop and Mrs. Price. The program featured candle making, safety talk by Mrs. Erwin, and a mock trial by the Pioneer club with judges and participants listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Krodel Park
Mason County Home Demonstration Clubs
Howard Nolan
Syracuse
Arnett Roush
Ernest Lantz
William J. Heslop
Howard Price
Wei Garden Club
C. E. Erwin
Carl Cook
Harold Lewis
Pioneer Home Demonstration Club
C. E. McCulloch
Joan Sommer
E. W. Stanley
Harry Miller
Ray Crank
Patriotism Discussed At JOUAM Meeting In Point Pleasant
Dr. C. W. Ambrose, former JOUAM councilor, spoke on Patriotism and Loyalty to Government at Point Pleasant Council 146 JOUAM meeting for 20 Point Pleasant High School students. Frank Burris received a 50 year membership pin. Mayor Morgan welcomed attendees. Charles Chambers received a Bible and flag for the school. Dinner hosted by Daughters of America Council 63. A later meeting will invite more students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
C. W. Ambrose
JOUAM
Point Pleasant Council
Point Pleasant High School
Lincoln Ave
Frank Burris
D. B. Morgan
Charles Chambers
Point Pleasant Council No
Daughters of America
Riverman Injured At South Cheshire Dock
Riverman V. Staats Sr., 44, of Bancroft West Virginia, fell Sunday evening on a steel deck at the South Cheshire fuel dock on the Ohio River, and is hospitalized at Holzer Hospital in back injury observation. Staats formerly lived in Point Pleasant and is a captain for the Ohio River Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Eugene V. Staats, Sr
River St
Bancroft
W. Va
South Cheshire
West Virginia
Ohio River
Holzer Hospital
Staats
Ohio River Co
Pleasant Valley Hospital births and admissions
Birth announcements list a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Stanley Patriot and a son for Mr. and Mrs. James Bosworth Gallipolis among others. Admitted are Ruth Ann Dunn Maud Long John Fruth Mrs John Vankirk Terry Lee Abbott. Dismissals include Denny Nibert Stella McDade Mary Sayre Jerry Harper and Bill Crawford Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beate Wolfe
Pomeroy
James Quick
Syracuse
Earl Henry
Point Pleasant
Gladys Knox
Wellston
Ralph Poetker
Gallipolis
Dawn E. Norris
Jackson
Willis Nibert
John Morris
Rutland
Robert Mason Bush
Mason
Ralph Christian
Arnold J. Derisfield
Ironton
Paul Taylor
James Watts
Crown City
Connie Cook
Middleport
Jack Comer
Coal Grove
Bill Frye
Cheshire
Raymond G. Musgrave
Charles Oliver
Clayton Morris
South Point
Noval Phillips
Northup
Ruth Stanley
Ashland
Scot Knotts
Rose Ann Lisle
Calem Harlow
Eugene Boggess
Ravenswood
John W. Marr
Ricine
Robert Burchett
Daisy Mariner
Hamden
Albert Ginther
Clifton
Lorenzo Davis
Brenda D. Davis
Emmett Russell Henry
Eugene Staats
Bancroft
Vernon Stanley
Patriot
James Bosworth
Wendell Barrett
Dexter
Ruth Ann Dunn
Apple Grove
Maud Long
John R. Fruth
John Vankirk
Terry Lee Abbott
Denny Nibert
Hogsett
Stella McDade
Leon
Mary Sayre
Rock Castle
Jerry Harper
Letart
Bill Crawford, Jr
Mrs. Uebelhoer Named As Christmas Soloist
Mrs. Ruth Uebelhoer of Boston has been hired as a concert soloist for the Concord Choral Society's Bach Christmas Oratorio in Concord Massachusetts on December 21 She is the former Ruth Sayre daughter of Mr and Mrs George Sayre and a Wahama High School and Marshall University graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ruth Uebelhoer
Boston
Mass
Concord Choral Society
Concord
Uebelhoer
Ruth Sayre
George Sayre
Wahama High School
Marshall University
Case Ends Training At Fort Sill Oklahoma
Private Berlin Case aged 20 has completed advanced artillery training at Fort Sill Oklahoma after enlisting last July. He is from Hamden Route 1 with wife Tressie and parents Mr and Mrs Worlie Case. He attended Hamden High School and worked for Republic Steel in Massillon. Grass in Florida Everglades often grows over seven feet tall. note includes a casual aside about lawn mowing season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamden
Berlin — Case
Tressie
Worlie Case
Army Artillery and Missile Center
Fort Sill
Okla
Army
Fort Knox
Case
Republic Steel Corp
Massillon
Florida
Everglades
Firemen Issue Call For Toys For Christmas Help
Point Pleasant volunteer firemen seek toys and dolls to repair for Christmas gifts for the needy. They ask for clothing and dressmaking help, with a Dec 10 deadline for basket and toy donations. Last year the department distributed over 150 baskets and hundreds of toys and dolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Filson
Epling
Clifford Dunn
Zelda Knapp
Margaret Withrow
William H. Bardin
Immogene Moore
Jessie Ruth Hunter
Jerry Greer
Cash
ITV Oan & Savings CO
N. Court ST
Firestone
Larry Carl
Corner Court
Carpenter Tete
Armory
Carroll Baker
Hollywood
South Viet Nam
Holzer Hospital News
Virgil L. Hill
Racine
Raymond Johnson
Franklin Patterson
Gallipolis Ferry
Dorsel McDade
Earl Barnhill
Manford Blessing
Clarence Bryant
Oscar Cunningham
Carl E. DeLong
Clarence Hoffman
Emrogene Lohn
Ralph Parker
Loyal Reussegger
Fred Stewart
Mildred Woomer
Richard Cremeens
Freddie Bryant
Sullivan
Mary B. Sisson
Daisy L. Mariner
Huston Rest Home
Careen, KitchenAid
Mahaffey Maytag
W. State St
Athens
Tel
Combined Mason
Riverman
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Polaroid
SMITH
W. Union St. LY
Athens, Ohio
Insurance Service
Con Reed
Bob Baur
G. Houck
Houck & Reed, Inc
State ST
Ohio
Insurance
Donald K. Barstow
Jessie W. Ley, Inc
Earl F. Mathews, Inc. and
C. M. Gill & Co
Dwight H. Rutherford
Joseph Seiple
Nelsonville
Oakley Ins
the Saltz Ins
Glouster, Ohio
Richard Guinther
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